Tom Cruise is an American actor whose most beloved films include the Mission: Impossible movies, Top Gun, Jerry Maguire, The Last Samurai, and Minority Report. He is also known as one of the most prominent advocates of the Church of Scientology. Born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV in 1962, Tom Cruise first shot to fame in the 1980s with films like The Outsiders, The Color of Money, and Rain Man. He remained at the top of his game through the 1990s with projects like Interview with the Vampire, A Few Good Men, Eyes Wide Shut, and Magnolia. Tom Cruise has three Oscar nominations to date, for Magnolia, Jerry Maguire, and Born on the Fourth of July. He is regarded as one of the biggest movie stars of all time. Tom Cruise has been married three times, to Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman, and Katie Holmes, and has three children including Suri Cruise.

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